Stove for heating irons for the use of tailors



B. W. TABOR.

Hat Iron Heater.

Patented June 10, 1837.

W/T/VESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARTHOLOMEW W. TABER, OF FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE FOR HEATING IRONS FOR THE USE OF TAILORS, HATTERS, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 231, dated June 10, 1837.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARTHOLOMEW W. TABER, of Falmouth, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Stove for Heating Irons for the use of Tailors, Hatters, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the followlng is a full and exact description thereof.

This stove is intended to be used with anthracite as fuel, but other kinds may be burnt in it. The most convenient form is rectangular, the plates being, in general, of cast iron, and put together in the usual manner. The fuel is contained in a grate with front and bottom bars, such as are commonly employed in open fire places, and frequently in close stoves, there being a door in front by which the grate may be nclosed and another above it for replenishing the fire. The receptacles for the irons to be heated are at each side of the fire, and consist of small compartments like ovens, which are closed by doors that slide up and down; each of these compartments must be sufficiently long and deep to contain the goose,

or pressing iron, which is to be laid upon its side within it, the handle standing out so that when a door or shutter, which closes the compartment is slid down, the handle of the iron is without, exposed to the air, there being two notches in the lower edge of each of these sliding shutters to allow i to close over the two ends of the handle,

The distinguishing feature of this stove as applied to the heating of irons, is that, the

irons are exposed to the direct action of the fire, there be1ng bars at each end of the grate, which bars constitute the division between the fire and the compartments so that the faces of the contained irons are exposed to it as they would be if exposed against the front bars of an open grate, while, at the same time, they are confined within a small oven, or inclosed compartment, in which they will be rapidly heated. Foran exemplification of the manner in which this stove may be constructed, I refer to the drawings thereof deposited in the Patent Ofiice.

What I claim as my invention and wish to secure by Letters Patent is- V V The construction of a stove, for heating irons, having compartments to receive them in which the irons are exposed to the direct action of the fire, while they are inclosed by doors, shutters, or slides substantially in the manner herein described not intending by this description to limit myself to any particular form of stove or to the num ber of heating compartments or of sides thereof, on which such compartments may be situated.

Witnesses:

RICHARD S. WOOD, SAMUEL RIVERIGH. 

